This months theme, in respect to this month's holiday, will be love or at least designing cards that inspire some sort of synergy, symbiosis, ect ect.
Each round will tackle a different kind of relationship; ranging from other cards to other players.
For the first round we will be designing a card that works with a teammate. Recently, Oath of the Gatewatch has given us the Surge mechanic which does just this and in Future Sight, we were blessed with the interesting Imperial Mask. I want to see what other kind of "teammate interaction" you can come up with!
Challenge: Create a card that works with a teammate, can still be useful in a 1v1 match, and does not use Surge.
Feel free to ask questions if your unsure about anything in the Discussion Thread
The card does not have to specifically say the word "teammate" but must be recognizable as a card designed of "team play".
Planar Tracker2G
Creature - Elf Scout (U)
When Planar Tracker enters the battlefield, reveal the top four cards of your library. You may transfix a creature card. Put the remaining cards on the bottom of your library in any order. (Exile that creature card. You and your teammates may cast it using mana as if it were any color.) Elves of the Linked Forest of Batarasana can follow tracks from one world to the next.
1/3
Soul Generator4
Artifact (M) Imprint - When Soul Generator enters the battlefield, you may exile a creature card from your hand or graveyard. xx, t: You and your teammates each puts a token that's a copy of the exiled card onto the battlefield. X is the converted mana cost of that card.
Suffer2BB
Instant (U) Repercussion1B(You may cast this card for its Repercussion cost if you or a teammate took damage this turn.)
Target creature gets -4/-4 until end of turn. "You will pay for what you've done" - Jaronyl Penitentiary archway inscription
Bazaar Mastery UR
Legendary Creature - Goblin (M) 1: Gain control of target permenant unless its controller pays 0. 1: Target player gains control of target permenant you control. 1RR, T: Copy target instant or sorcery unless its controller pays 0 you may choose new targets for the copy. 5UUU, T: Exchange control of two target permanents.
0/2
Community Garden
Land (U) T: Add C to your mana pool. 1, T: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool.
At the beginning of your end step, you may have target teammate gain control of Community Garden. If you do, untap it.
Shared Revelation1WU
Sorcery (U)
You gain 2 life and draw two cards.
Share 3WU(You may cast this spell for its share cost. If you do, copy it for each of your teammates. Each of them controls a different copy.) Beautiful things are even better when you share them.
MCC - Winner (6): Oct 2014, Apr Nov 2017, Jan 2018, Apr Jun 2019 || Host (15): Dec 2014, Apr Jul Aug Dec 2015, Mar Jul Aug Oct 2016, Feb Jul 2017, Jun Nov 2018, Feb Jul 2019 (last one here) || Judge (34): every month from Nov 2014 to Nov 2016 except Oct 2015, every month from Feb to Jul 2017 except Apr 2017, then Oct 2017, May Jun Nov 2018, Feb Jul 2019 (last one here) CCL - Winner (3): Jul 2016 (tied with Flatline), May 2017, Jul 2019 (last one here) || Host (5): Feb 2015, Mar Apr May Jun 2016 DCC - Winner (1): Mar 2015 (tied with Piar) || Host (3): May Oct 2015, Jan 2016
• The two public custom sets I've been part a part of the design team for: "Brotherhood of Ormos" - Blog post with all info - set thread - design skeleton / card list || "Extinctia: Homo Evanuit" - Blog post with all info - set thread - card list spreadsheet
• "The Lion's Lair", my article series about MTG and custom card design in particular. Latest article here. Here is the article index.Rather outdated by now, and based on the old MCC rubric, but I'm leaving this here for anybody that might be interested anyway.
• My only public attempt at being a writer: the story of my Leonin custom planeswalker Jeff Lionheart. (I have a very big one that I'm working on right now but that's private for now, and I don't know if I will ever actually publish it, and I also have ideas for multiple future ones, including one where I'm going to reprise Jeff.)
Bolas' Contempt4UBR
Enchantment - Aura (R)
Enchant player
Enchanted player’s opponents may pay 0 rather than pay the mana costs of spells they control that target enchanted player, permanents enchanted player controls and/or spells enchanted player controls. “You’ll find one of the few things I don’t command mastery of is mercy.”
-Nicol Bolas
Cylian Druid2G
Creature - Elf Druid (U) G: Choose a player. That player adds R or W to his or her mana pool. "Calling upon a god is an act of community."
2/3
Note: I have no idea who actually chooses what mana it's going to be and I'm fine with either. Let the rules guy figure it out and put a reminder text there.
Private Mod Note
():
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
Multiple instances of lifelink on the same creature are redundant.
Multiple instances of lifelink on the same creature are redundant.
Multiple instances of lifelink on the same creature are redundant.
—Eli Shiffrin, Rules Manager, on a design stacking lifelink instances
Knomoc Pardon-Writer3B
Creature - Human Cleric Wizard (U)
When Knomoc Pardon-Writer enters the battlefield, any number of target players each draws a card and loses 2 life. 1U: Return Knomoc Pardon-Writer to its owner's hand. You and your teammates may activate this ability. "Your transgressions are terrible. But they certainly have paid off. Absolved."
1/4
Gelfire Splitter2UR
Creature - Weird (R)
Haste
Whenever Gelfire Splitter attacks, you may put a copy of it onto the battlefield under target players control. "Super heating as it moves, the gel ruptures and divides." -Bartox, Goblin Experimenter
3/1
Repetition5UU
Enchantment (R)
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, target player may pay Ux, where X is the converted mana cost of that spell. If that player does, he or she copies that spell. That player may choose new targets for his or her copy. Practice makes perfect.
Inspired by Hive Mind and Curse of Echoes, but this can be used beneficially by one player as well, so I upped the cost and added a cost for the copies.
Herald of Cooperation3WU
Creature - Angel (R)
Flying, vigilance
If you would leave the game, instead a teammate of your choice puts a token onto the battlefield that's a copy of a permanent you control, then you leave the game.
If a teammate would leave the game, instead put a token onto the battlefield that's a copy of a permanent that teammate controls, then that teammate leaves the game.
4/4
Rise Into the Ranks 3WB
Sorcery {U}
Any number of target players each put a creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under his or her control.
Private Mod Note
():
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
A mere ten days after the Mending, a young knight of Valeron and a young ranger of Eos made a discovery that would change Alara forever.
This months theme, in respect to this month's holiday, will be love or at least designing cards that inspire some sort of synergy, symbiosis, ect ect.
Each round will tackle a different kind of relationship; ranging from other cards to other players.
For the first round we will be designing a card that works with a teammate. Recently, Oath of the Gatewatch has given us the Surge mechanic which does just this and in Future Sight, we were blessed with the interesting Imperial Mask. I want to see what other kind of "teammate interaction" you can come up with!
Challenge: Create a card that works with a teammate, can still be useful in a 1v1 match, and does not use Surge.
Feel free to ask questions if your unsure about anything in the Discussion Thread
The card does not have to specifically say the word "teammate" but must be recognizable as a card designed of "team play".
BGStandard Green AggroGB
UWRGModern Saheeli CobraGRWU
UBRGLegacy StormGRBU
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Are you designing commons? Check out my primer on NWO.
Interested in making a custom set? Check out my Set skeleton and archetype primer.
I also write articles about getting started with custom card creation.
Go and PLAYTEST your designs, you will learn more in a single playtests than a dozen discussions.
My custom sets:
Dreamscape
Coins of Mercalis [COMPLETE]
Exodus of Zendikar - ON HOLD
Creature - Elf Scout (U)
When Planar Tracker enters the battlefield, reveal the top four cards of your library. You may transfix a creature card. Put the remaining cards on the bottom of your library in any order. (Exile that creature card. You and your teammates may cast it using mana as if it were any color.)
Elves of the Linked Forest of Batarasana can follow tracks from one world to the next.
1/3
Artifact (M)
Imprint - When Soul Generator enters the battlefield, you may exile a creature card from your hand or graveyard.
xx, t: You and your teammates each puts a token that's a copy of the exiled card onto the battlefield. X is the converted mana cost of that card.
Instant (U)
Repercussion 1B (You may cast this card for its Repercussion cost if you or a teammate took damage this turn.)
Target creature gets -4/-4 until end of turn.
"You will pay for what you've done" - Jaronyl Penitentiary archway inscription
Sorcery (R)
Choose one or more. You may not choose the same target more than once.
Legendary Creature - Goblin (M)
1: Gain control of target permenant unless its controller pays 0.
1: Target player gains control of target permenant you control.
1RR, T: Copy target instant or sorcery unless its controller pays 0 you may choose new targets for the copy.
5UUU, T: Exchange control of two target permanents.
0/2
Land (U)
T: Add C to your mana pool.
1, T: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool.
At the beginning of your end step, you may have target teammate gain control of Community Garden. If you do, untap it.
Sorcery (U)
You gain 2 life and draw two cards.
Share 3WU (You may cast this spell for its share cost. If you do, copy it for each of your teammates. Each of them controls a different copy.)
Beautiful things are even better when you share them.
MCC - Winner (6): Oct 2014, Apr Nov 2017, Jan 2018, Apr Jun 2019 || Host (15): Dec 2014, Apr Jul Aug Dec 2015, Mar Jul Aug Oct 2016, Feb Jul 2017, Jun Nov 2018, Feb Jul 2019 (last one here) || Judge (34): every month from Nov 2014 to Nov 2016 except Oct 2015, every month from Feb to Jul 2017 except Apr 2017, then Oct 2017, May Jun Nov 2018, Feb Jul 2019 (last one here)
CCL - Winner (3): Jul 2016 (tied with Flatline), May 2017, Jul 2019 (last one here) || Host (5): Feb 2015, Mar Apr May Jun 2016
DCC - Winner (1): Mar 2015 (tied with Piar) || Host (3): May Oct 2015, Jan 2016
• The two public custom sets I've been part a part of the design team for:
"Brotherhood of Ormos" - Blog post with all info - set thread - design skeleton / card list || "Extinctia: Homo Evanuit" - Blog post with all info - set thread - card list spreadsheet
• "The Lion's Lair", my article series about MTG and custom card design in particular. Latest article here. Here is the article index. Rather outdated by now, and based on the old MCC rubric, but I'm leaving this here for anybody that might be interested anyway.
• My only public attempt at being a writer: the story of my Leonin custom planeswalker Jeff Lionheart. (I have a very big one that I'm working on right now but that's private for now, and I don't know if I will ever actually publish it, and I also have ideas for multiple future ones, including one where I'm going to reprise Jeff.)
Enchantment - Aura (R)
Enchant player
Enchanted player’s opponents may pay 0 rather than pay the mana costs of spells they control that target enchanted player, permanents enchanted player controls and/or spells enchanted player controls.
“You’ll find one of the few things I don’t command mastery of is mercy.”
-Nicol Bolas
Choose one of these judge of creation:
Make Strionic Resonator shine!
You can not grasp the true form of Ashiok's attack!
Creature - Elf Druid (U)
G: Choose a player. That player adds R or W to his or her mana pool.
"Calling upon a god is an act of community."
2/3
Note: I have no idea who actually chooses what mana it's going to be and I'm fine with either. Let the rules guy figure it out and put a reminder text there.
Multiple instances of lifelink on the same creature are redundant.
Multiple instances of lifelink on the same creature are redundant.
—Eli Shiffrin, Rules Manager, on a design stacking lifelink instances
Creature - Human Cleric Wizard (U)
When Knomoc Pardon-Writer enters the battlefield, any number of target players each draws a card and loses 2 life.
1U: Return Knomoc Pardon-Writer to its owner's hand. You and your teammates may activate this ability.
"Your transgressions are terrible. But they certainly have paid off. Absolved."
1/4
I̟̥͍̠ͅn̩͉̣͍̬͚ͅ ̬̬͖t̯̹̞̺͖͓̯̤h̘͍̬e͙̯͈̖̼̮ ̭̬f̺̲̲̪i͙͉̟̩̰r̪̝͚͈̝̥͍̝̲s̼̻͇̘̳͔ͅt̲̺̳̗̜̪̙ ̳̺̥̻͚̗ͅm̜̜̟̰͈͓͎͇o̝̖̮̝͇m̯̻̞̼̫̗͓̤e̩̯̬̮̩n͎̱̪̲̹͖t͇̖s̰̮ͅ,̤̲͙̻̭̻̯̹̰ ̖t̫̙̺̯͖͚̯ͅh͙̯̦̳̗̰̟e͖̪͉̼̯ ̪͕g̞̣͔a̗̦t̬̬͓͙̫̖̭̻e̩̻̯ ̜̖̦̖̤̭͙̬t̞̹̥̪͎͉ͅo͕͚͍͇̲͇͓̺ ̭̬͙͈̣̻t͈͍͙͓̫̖͙̩h̪̬̖̙e̗͈ ̗̬̟̞̺̤͉̯ͅa̦̯͚̙̜̮f͉͙̲̣̞̼t̪̤̞̣͚e̲͉̳̥r͇̪̙͚͓l̥̞̞͎̹̯̹ͅi͓̬f̮̥̬̞͈ͅe͎ ̟̩̤̳̠̯̩̯o̮̘̲p̟͚̣̞͉͓e͍̩̣n͔̼͕͚̜e̬̱d̼̘͎̖̹͍̮̠,͖̺̭̱̮ ̣̲͖̬̪̭̥a̪͚n̟̲̝̤̤̞̗d̘̱̗͇̮͕̳͕͔ ͖̞͉͎t̹̙͎h̰̱͉̗e̪̞̱̝̹̩ͅ ̠̱̩̭̦p̯̙e͓o̳͚̰̯̺̱̰͔̘p̬͎̱̣̼̩͇l̗̟̖͚̠e̱͉͔̱̦̬̟̙ ̖͚̪͔̼̦w̺̖̤̱e͖̗̻̦͓̖̘̜r̭̥e͔̹̫̱͕̦̰͕ ̗͔̠p̠̗͍͍̱̳̠r̰͔͎̰o͉̥͓̰͚̥s̟͚̹̱͔̣t͉̙̳̖͖̪̮r̥̘̥͙̹a͉̟̫̟̳̠̟̭t͈̜̰͈͎e̞̣̭̲̬ ͚̗̯̟͙i͍͖̰̘̦͖͉ṇ̮̻̯̦̲̩͍ ̦̮͚̫̤t͉͖̫͕ͅͅh͙̮̻̘̣̮̼e͕̺ ͙l͕̠͎̰̥i̲͓͉̲g̫̳̟͈͇̖h̠̦̖t͓̯͎̗ ̳̪̘̟̙̩̦o̫̲f̙͔̰̙̠ ̹̪̗͇̯t͖̼̼͉͖̬h̹͇̩e͚̖̺̤͉̹͕̪ ͚͓̭̝̺G͎̗̯̩o̫̯̮̟̮̳̘d̜̲͙̠-̩̳̯̲̗̜P̹̘̥͉̝h͍͈̗̖̝ͅa͍̗̮̼̗r̜̖͇̙̺a̭̺͔̞̳͈o̪̣͓̯̬͙̯̰̗h̖̦͈̥̯͔.͇̣̙̝
Creature - Weird (R)
Haste
Whenever Gelfire Splitter attacks, you may put a copy of it onto the battlefield under target players control.
"Super heating as it moves, the gel ruptures and divides."
-Bartox, Goblin Experimenter
3/1
Enchantment (R)
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, target player may pay Ux, where X is the converted mana cost of that spell. If that player does, he or she copies that spell. That player may choose new targets for his or her copy.
Practice makes perfect.
Inspired by Hive Mind and Curse of Echoes, but this can be used beneficially by one player as well, so I upped the cost and added a cost for the copies.
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UWRGModern Saheeli CobraGRWU
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Creature - Angel (R)
Flying, vigilance
If you would leave the game, instead a teammate of your choice puts a token onto the battlefield that's a copy of a permanent you control, then you leave the game.
If a teammate would leave the game, instead put a token onto the battlefield that's a copy of a permanent that teammate controls, then that teammate leaves the game.
4/4
Instant (U)
Target player draws two cards.
Target player draws a card.
Great minds think alike.
Thought of the Month:
I gave up from trying to require the 'i' on my name: SolesticIo
Sorcery {U}
Any number of target players each put a creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under his or her control.
Emille, Seven-Sting Dancer Shalin Nariya
glurman
theazurespirit
RaikouRider
bravelion83
doomfish
Jimmy Grove
void_nothing
bubblecat2
maplesmall
willows
Moss_Elemental
Hemlock
Solesticio
IcariiFA
Ink-Treader
Crit the six below you, wrapping around to the top if needed. Crits are due when Round 2 is over (Feb 11th).
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UWRGModern Saheeli CobraGRWU
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